Top 15 Favorite Tales from the Crypt Episodes - A Quick Look At

[@Hawkatana]

What did I tell you, Mr. Reeve? Your diner was going to fail the moment you set it up at Over There.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

“Slow claps”!

[@ss3kid]

And over there needs to cook for itself

[@eamonndeane587]

@@ss3kid Over there has some Red Robin..... Yummmmm.....

[@bunkerzero]

How about "the ventriloquist's dummy" starring Bobcat Goldthwait and the legendary Don Rickles!? I saw that one as a kid and it freaked me out! Or "Strung Along", that one gave me nightmares!

[@rayshardrobinson7878]

Francisco Carlos hell yes, Morty was freakishly scary AF when I was a kid. I made a list too. You checkout it and tell me what you think

[@Krusher1979]

lol morty cracked me up that whole episode was funny

[@fredlandry6170]

That one was creepy.

[@MGTV1]

0:48

[@moefaez760]

Agreed cauz the twist is very unexpected

[@trtx84]

When I was a kid I could never watch the opening because the Cryptkeepers jump scare at the end always got me.

[@ryandowney8743]

Me too.

[@KitsuneRokaku]

Same here

[@shadowlinkbds]

I loved it even when I was younger. The opening is just iconic and one of my favorite TV intros.

[@ralph8677]

Same. Ironically, I was a fan of Tiny Toon Adventures & never noticed that The Cryptkeeper is just a raspy Buster Bunny.

[@fadeawayalvarado990]

HAHAHAAAA!! So did my little brother!! He tyred and tyred but just cant do it....lol

[@adeadphish7931]

I adore puns so hearing Cryptkeeper do his thing always makes me smile

[@utubepunk]

The OG Joker!

[@mliterature]

I cringe at every pun, but that's comedy baby.

[@kingsadvisor18]

Water instead of embalming fluid? That, would actually make it much, MUCH worse. Like, depending on how much he uses, discoloring and swelling

[@animeotaku307]

Well, the body's buried at that point, I think. Otherwise he wouldn't be getting away with it.

[@nancyking]

My favorites: Reluctant Vampire-Malcolm Mcdowell was so cute in that one. A shame there wasn't a fanfic about that one; I wanted to read about what happened next! The Man Who was Death Lower Berth-That was mean how they kept Two Face locked up and beat him. The Cryptkeeper was a cute baby, though. That episode reminded me of the X-Files episode, Postmodern Prometheus, a take on The Elephant Man and the Cher movie, Mask. Staired in horror-Teller the magician co-wrote that one. Cool episode! Revenge is the Nuts You, Murderer-the one with "Humphrey Bogart" and "Alfred Hitchcock". #2-Television terror-Gotta love Morton Downey Jr.! The one with John Kassir and Priscilla Presley that I forgot the title. It ends with a bang, or a BOOM! I loved how The Cryptkeeper rewound the tape of the John Kassir character saying, "I'll be damned!" The one with Demi Moore and Jeffrey Tambor?, who played a fat man and went to the electric chair at the end for killing the Demi Moore character. I think it was called, Sin Deep/Skin Deep.

[@animeotaku307]

That last one is Dead Right.

[@UTubeSponge5601]

“Sin Deep” was about a man with anger issues meets a masked woman who thrives on abuse through internal means... but externally, she has a thing for keeping different masks... of other men.

[@animefan25]

The John Kassir/Priscilla Presley one was called "Oil's Well That Ends Well".

[@Lord_Betty]

The one with Larry Drake as the killer Santa was a great one.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Killer Santa stories are always fun

[@animefan25]

Larry Drake appeared in a second episode that has vampires and a werewolf.

[@cyberaknus]

My favorites are "House of Horror", the fraternity episode, "Death of some Salesmen," with an amazing TRIPLE performance from Tim Curry, "Werewolf Concierto," because I love werewolves, and "Carrion Death."

[@jordanthompson-murphy8491]

Linkara, this video has singlehandedly unearthed the long buried memories of me and my father watching reruns of this show after I came home from school. I can even recall seeing at least one of the episodes you've covered here at one point or another. It's nice to take this walk down memory lane like this, so thank you for reminding me of this again after all these years.

[@nessadvantage9447]

"The goonies" reference you made at the 17:33 mark cracked me up. the kid who played data was the kid in that tales from the crypt episode. That's why it was funny 😆 If you intentionally did that....I tip my 🎩to you sir. Good job lol😆

[@StarShipGray]

I met John Glover at a con in Mississippi last year and blew his mind when I went over his episode Tales and brought up that he was in that with Aron Eisenberg who was on DS9 which he also guest starred on. He so funny and friendly.

[@gspendlove]

"Mournin' Mess," "What's Cookin'" and "The Man Who Was Death." That last one was one of three in the 90-minute pilot "movie" and it really set the tone for the series. Bill Sadler did an excellent job carrying that half hour all by himself. I'm looking forward to seeing him in _Bill & Ted Face the Music._

[@raywalton1291]

Can you do your top 15 Twilight Zone episodes and top 15 Tales from the Darkside episodes sometime? Also, I'm a fan of Night Gallery and enjoy the 80s Twilight Zone, so I'm happy that you have videos on those. I love Tales from the Crypt.

[@vovin8132]

Just FYI there are some other great anthology shows out there that rarely get attention, though they are just as good. One is called "Ghost Stories" from the 1990s and narrated by Rip Torn, which is just like TFTC except focuses on ghost stories (duh). There is also another one from the early 2000s called "Night Visions" which is narrated by Henry Rollins, which has more of the 2000s feel but has some solid episodes. And there is also the Masters of Horror/Fear Itself short film anthology which is hit or miss.

[@christopherkinnaman5067]

When he mentions number 14, I immediately thought of the Rocky horror picture show premis

[@Jackie-McCann]

One of my personal favorites has always been “The Assassin”. It was one of the first TFTC episodes I saw as a kid, and I found the twist very entertaining.

[@meandyouplay2]

As a little kid, I remember the episode of two guys betting everything and at the end they're missing a lot of body parts. The old man who gets plastic surgery to look younger for a woman and the woman goes with who the new old guy is because of his money. The fortune teller who tells a lady her husband will die soon, and her husband dies, after killing her. A husband that reincarnates into a caterpillar that's on the grave of his dead human self, and his wife which is there mourning, steps on the caterpillar. These are some main ones that stuck in my head from when I was a young child

[@Moonbeam143]

Back in the day as a kid, I used to stay up until midnight to watch a couple of episodes the WB would play Friday nights. It was so much fun.

[@poetbrypaul]

Good selection! Maniac at large is probably at the top for me. One of my own personal favorites is the Leah Thompson episode in the first season, ‘Only Sin Deep’. Since watching this video I can’t help thinking of so many that I just love that you didn’t mention but....at the same time all the ones you picked are among my favorites also...

[@gonzalezmichael89]

i love the sam kinison episode as a voice in a head screaming in a businessman's head/mind while he commits murders.

[@dwaynegreene152]

"You were in danger the moment you crossed the threshold". 👍

[@christopherwall2121]

That was the best change made from the comic version; any paranormal expert worth their anti-demon salt would look at a house with that kind of angry ghost energy and just "nope!"

[@kagehikari4281]

Oh man this brings back memories. Loved watching these! I remember a lot of thoes episodes.

[@Dr.Loomis666]

In no particular order, my fav 13 episodes🤗 13. Lover Come Hack to Me 12. Three's a Crowd 11. For Crying Out Loud 10. The Trap 9. Top Billing 8. Doctor of Horror 7. Beauty Rest 6. Split Personality 5. Oil's Well That Ends Well 4. Only Skin Deep 3. Split Second 2. The Assassin 1. Death of Some Salesman

[@vovin8132]

Great list. TFTC has many memorable episodes, but you didn't mention my favourite: "Easel Kill Ya". It's a tacky name, but it is a very dark episode that is very unsettling. It is the one where Tim Roth plays a rock bottom painter, who ends up painting macabre pieces made of pieces of people for whom I presume to be the devil (played by William Atherton). It is similar to that Guinea Pig film "Mermaid in a Manhole".

[@rowantritton8659]

A lot of my favourites made your list

[@maxman1602]

For anyone wondering, while they may share the same last name, Morton Downey, Jr. and Robert Downey, Jr. are not related.

[@tayloredwards4968]

Can you do top 10 worst superhero costumes?

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

Taylor Edwards should probably add “No 90’s Image Comics” otherwise it’d be a *Top 70!!!* Also, is this only original costumes? Cuz I think terrible redesigns deserve their own list (and a lot of 90’s trash). To quote Mickey Rourke from the Wrestler: “The 90’s sucked.”

[@Carewolf]

In comics?? That could get very silly. Perhaps if you restrict it to adaptations.

[@moonchile6781]

These are all some of my favorites too.

[@Darkgreenfangirl]

I recall seeing a couple of episodes as a kid, but I was a wimp back then and was to scared to watch it. Now a days I'm much more into horror and you have got me interested to go back and watch this show. Thanks :)

[@tonyl6520]

omg please do.. this is the greatest horror anthology ever.

[@tympestbooks1727]

This makes me want to see if I can find any of the old Tales from the Crypt comics. I grew up reading the horror comics my dad had collected as a kid, so this hits me right in the nostalgia.

[@nic0lemari338]

Liked before I watched bcuz this is content I look for

[@frogwart2298]

I love John Kassir! Wish they would bring Tales from the Crypt back and John Kassir. It would be a hit.

[@ellnats]

i like him two but not for the crypt keeper, my fave voice of his was Deadpool, thats right, he's actually the first ever voice of deadpool

[@Carewolf]

The Doctor: "Why, was he an idiot?"

[@sebastiansochanski]

Uncanny,as soon as I seen that scene I've read your comment.Ha ha.Nice one

[@ellnats]

how people reacted to trump running for presidency

[@Voldine2]

Yes! Top Billing! I loved the ironic ending to this as a teenager! Alas, poor Lovitz, you should have done more research on the part they were interested in filling.

[@ellnats]

this may not have anything to do with the video, but i have a duty to give you this Fun Fact did you know that the voice of The Crypt Keeper, John Kassier, was the actual first voice of Deadpool i just felt like mentioning it, he was The Atom in that justice league made for TV movie he reviewed with Nash

[@Naks2099]

Two of my favorites the one where a scientist finds his wife is having an affair. And the one with the love potion.

[@TennantJunkie1993]

I LOVE "Fitting Punishment". It's on a top 3 list of favorites. Alongside "Korman's Kalamity" and "Séance".

[@tfmaster96]

so after seeing this video, I decided to start watching tales from the crypt. and while watching, put together my own list (currently on season 4). update: after only two years, I have finally finished all of tales from the crypt! why did it take so long, you ask? well, my stupid computer disconnected from the internet one day and refuses to reconnect without an adapter (or when it dose, the signal isn't strong enough to do ANYTHING!!). so, in an attempt to fix it, I completely reset my computer. the problem being: it didn't work. and in the process, I lost the kodi app (where I was watching tales) and without internet access, I couldn't re-download it. then by the time I could, the streaming service I was using wasn't available anymore. took me months to finally find the rest of the episodes on dailymotion and here on youtube. but now that I have, I can finally complete the list! favorites (no real order): cutting cards (fun watching the two leads clearly b.s'ing each other), the ventriloquist's dummy (mostly for bobcat), fitting punishment (absolutely agreed), the thing from the grave (overall disturbing, but oddly nice ending), undertaking palor (also agreed), korman's kalamity (wonderfully meta. almost phelous levels), the reluctant vampire (fun, likable leads and a MUCH better love story than twilight), abra cadaver (most certainly agreed on), showdown (interesting psychological story take), the secret (reminds me of "count alucard" from gallery of horror. that movie phelous did a review of), four sided triangle (keeps you guessing what's actually going on) and lower berth (very... unconventional love story to say the least, but I like both characters and it was nice to see them get a happy ending to their stories. plus, the origin of the crypt keeper). update: king of the road (not much of a horror story, but still a very entertaining story), strung along (I honestly didn't see the twists coming. plus, I admit to having a fascination with things like puppetry and claymation, which may have influenced my opinion), as ye sow (a classic tale of irony), food for thought (great performance by ernie hudson. never thought I could hate one of his characters, but he dose a great job of playing a hateable, yet fun villain. and gives a delightfully gruesome but fitting end), well cooked hams (full of all the twists and turns you'd expect from a magic show. and it's always nice to see martin sheen [or any of the estevez's for that matter]), half way horrible (a nice little murder, revenge mystery. plus zombies, which is always a plus), whirlpool (clever twist on the groundhog day style scenario. also couldn't help but notice the references to other episodes thrown in), revenge is the nuts (the idea of an institution run by a corrupt, abusive monster is one that always drives me crazy. thinking of how long they got away with it, how many they hurt. never sits right with me. but the idea of one getting a taste of their own medicine at the hands of their victims is pure bliss), comes the dawn (once again, agreed. I promise, I'm not doing this on purpose. we just have fairly similar tastes), 99 & 44/100% pure horror (killer soap. need I say more?), fatal caper (almost felt like I was watching a game of clue. the number of backstabbings, betrayals and twist reveals made for one hell of a ride), the pit (I hate when someone tries to make someone else fight their battles for them. it is the lowest, scummiest, most cowardly form of manipulation. so seeing the manipulators being stripped of their influence and having to fight their own battles is cathartic beyond belief), you, murderer (I love a good first person perspective story. from bones, to a heist with markiplier, to ben 10 [2016], it's essentially what I love about found footage. the narration and story are engaging too. I also can't help but feel the idea of being conscious after death might be a connection to abra cadaver), confession (talk about a battle of wits. I had no clue until the end who was telling the truth. and, rest assured, I was invested to the very end) and the third pig (perhaps the most interesting telling of the three little pigs I've heard. it's also interesting seeing an animated entry not for tales from the crypt keeper. only other thing I can say is: eat your heart out, ren and stimpy!). honorable mentions: split second (hated the two leads, but the ending was sooo worth it) and spoiled (not big on soap operas, nor do I get people who get uber invested in them and want to live that lifestyle, but again: ending's worth it. like something out of a cheesy sci-fi movie from the 60's). update: oil's well that ends well (has all the elements of a great episode... except the characters. there was NO ONE to root for. but to reiterate a point I've made before: the ending was perfect for the characters), curiosity killed (honestly, it's tough to get through the first half. feels like being trapped in the middle of a fight between your friend and his girlfriend. but like I said about spoiled and split second, ending is absolutely perfect), let the punishment fit the crime (not my favorite, but I like the idea. strong catharsis to be found), people who live in brass hearses (good overall concept and a twist I genuinely never saw coming. however, points off for how much of a raging dick bill paxton's character is to poor brad dourif's. also, for dourif's unwarranted demise) and my brother's keeper (fumbled it right at the end. it was all going well... right until the closing moment. seeing frank become the same kind of dick as his brother is honestly what ruined it. on one hand. it's nice eddie didn't get away with his crimes and general dickishness. on the other, we're left with no one to care about at the end. I get that it's poetic irony, but still- falls flat when there's no one left to root for). notable episodes I wanted to talk about: and all through the house (good concept, but I'm not a fan of children in peril when it comes to horror) and three's a crowd (again, good idea, but I have issues with it because of... personal experience. I once knew a guy like in the story. he was a friend. we're no longer friends. in fact, he's the only human being I've ever truly hated, for what he did to my family and me. so yeah, watching that episode made me pretty uncomfortable thinking of his psychotic outbursts and paranoid ramblings about the """truth""" that we were all against him because he dreamed that we admitted to hating him. because if you can't trust something you were told in a dream, what can you trust? also, he made some... remarks to me and my loved ones. I don't care to repeat them, but let's just say they were VERY similar to the ones made in trouble #5- which was also an uncomfortable watch for me personally). update: operation: friendship (let's take a step back from the dark, real world stuff, to something more light hearted. it works. not one that I'd go back to very often, but it does well with the concept. weirdly though, it reminds me of my own life quite a bit. minus the dead end job and love interest. plus, *my* imaginary friend isn't a loud mouthed jerk of a pig. still though, it honestly made me double take the first time), the bribe (not much to say about the episode itself, it's overall fine. what I did want to talk about , however, is the opening with the crypt keeper. why the hell couldn't we have gotten *him* as president, instead of dump?! absolute proof that we got the worst timeline. even worse than not getting anton york), cold war (enjoyed the reveal at the end, but the amount of racist talk, abusive acts and objectifying speech towards women kind of ruined it. and by "kind of" I mean "absolutely") and kidnapper (and now back to the uncomfortably dark, real world stuff, again. it hits fairly close to home. with the way things are these days, it just serves as a reminder of all the horribleness out there). and that's my list. now if only it hadn't taken two years to finish.

[@chicostephenson]

wow. i had actually forgotten about some of these shows. thanks for the childhood memories. that was more fun than watching you play Mass Effect. by the way, remember the one with Sam Kinison in it...?

[@alpatronlhefehajromeromero4345]

My fave is the santa claus axe murderer who the little girl let's in after moms axed pops in the head. Also that one brawd who gets smashed by the lumberjacks. Oh yeah the two who are cuffed ,dude swallows key and other eventually breaks neck and watches ravens start to eat him alive and then the 9 lives freak show dude who gets killed and returns from the dead.

[@christinehorror8178]

I watched a lot of takes from the crypt. But never saw any of these lol.. But had heard of some of them.. I got to catch up

[@UntitledShowwithBobandPat]

The episode where Tim Curry plays every member of a family trying to marry off the daughter (Curry) to a traveling salesman.

[@blaqpirate]

And all through the house was first one i saw when it aired and scared the hell out of me as 9 or 10 year old!

[@dreamlandnightmare]

12:36 - I don't think he was supposed to be serious in "Southland Tales". He was playing it straight, but it was deadpan humor. "Southland Tales" is a very satirical movie; not much of it is intended to be taken seriously.

[@AT4W]

It's just that for me, Southland Tales is so far up its own ass I have a hard time believing it wasn't meant earnestly.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@AT4W I definitely agree that its a bad, pretentious movie, but I didn't get the sense that the Jon Lovitz character was meant to be taken seriously. Richard Kelly isn't that tone deaf.

[@lOrdofdOrkness73]

It also had some good ironic twists

[@DAsrada]

Hm. Moarte hosting an actual, all original horror story anthology series. That might be something interesting to watch...

[@robvangessel3766]

Yeah, I love the Chris Reeve episode! I can still taste them soylent green burgers.

[@nathanforester5993]

I agree with Fitting Punishment...especially how much of a p-rick Ezra is, he definitely deserved what he got in the end. And then there's how Bobby comes back, he's not a ghost or zombie, he's a revenant. Don't forget Dead Right.

[@jamieoiler5690]

Enock the two faced man was my best one

[@nirast2561]

I never watched this show as a kid, but I do remember wathcing Tales from the Cryptkeeper, the animated counterpart to this. Nowadays, I'm too allergic to horror to watch any. (Linkara talking over the show reduces the horror aspect, so I still watch his videos) Since we're talking bout "Ghoulish figures that host a show", anyone remembers V V Argost from The Secret Saturdays?

[@denisestover2416]

The #15 option was actually a movie with Vincent Price called "Shock"

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

My favorite episode was my Daddy was a Dummy and My Mommy was a Mummy!

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I've never seen Tales From The Crypt (it was before my time), but I like how one of these is Sweeny Todd starring Superman and Hot Rod of the Autobots.

[@CorbCorbin]

You realize that was OG Gomez Addam’s play in the psychiatric hospital episode?

[@AT4W]

Yes. That's why I specifically brought up his actor in the list of actors for the episode.

[@RedJax69]

I remember being in school and this was the edgy show kids would stay up for and sneak around to watch. The last season got weird, with even an animated episode. And then there was the animated series, the audio series, and even the game show. I wish it would come back in some form. (Seriously, that audio series was so good.)

[@dovesofwar14]

Death Of Some Salesman, the Switch, Split Second...

[@whereistheInternet]

“Yellow” w/ Kirk Douglas.

[@ShadowoftheMask]

Why do I get feeling it was the nice librarian herself? :p I mean if all other three are so suspicious... But yeah, I've never really been into horror much :D Most of time everyone likeable dies so not really much to look forward to

[@frenchabortion]

Tales From The Crypt STILL for sure is one of my favorite shows of all time.

[@BelleReign1]

I loved the one where Ed Begely Jr. Was the door to door salesman and stumbles upon a family entirely played by Tim Curry.

[@JohnSmith-fq7hj]

one of the only actually creepy episodes Tim Curry as that daughter gettin it on uhhggg (shivers) lol

[@andrewpina412]

That was a good episode

[@UTubeSponge5601]

“Death of Some Salesman”

[@RoadrunnerMoose]

Hell yeah, that was a damn good episode

[@rogue7723]

Oh yeah, I _love_ that episode too. The make-up was _amazing_ and I loved Yvonne DeCarlo's cameo. One of my personal favorites is "The Secret", which is about an orphaned 12-yr.-old boy named Theodore getting adopted by a wealthy childless couple who at first seem perfect (if a bit eccentric) giving him an insanely huge bedroom packed with the best toys and entertainment money can buy, all the food (primarily sweets) he can eat (he was starved a bit at the orphanage) and even his own classic-British-gentleman-father-figure butler. But things get suspicious when Theodore notices his parents never take him anywhere and only interact with him during the night and most unsettling of all, he finds himself _locked_ in his room complete with bars on his windows. They're _clearly_ up to something but what could it be...

[@moonchile6781]

Another good one, is “Death Of Some Salesmen”

[@tarmancrothers1220]

"Besides ,twernt no lie. Its called, salesmanship!" 👍👍

[@leefischer5814]

Can't go wrong with anything with Tim Curry 😁👍

[@arizonaFIREent]

In my opinion that's the best episode

[@DavidBaruffi]

He, to be fair, that Nefra student might've gotten arrested, but she did get an A on that project! That was my favorite episode, glad to see it brought up here.

[@gifctdotorgthought-police3706]

nice choice.

[@Juncti]

"And all through the house" wrecked me as a kid. Terrifying Santa, slowly and patiently probing the house for an entry point, and then that ending is just a kick in the gut

[@goodlieutenant8228]

Yeah, in my opinion that was the most genuinely scary episode of the series. I also like the one where Demi Moore marries the fat slob because the psychic told her she would marry a rich man. The plot twist is great.

[@jeanandre6998]

Lollll “naughty or nice”

[@pamelatorres156]

Was that the first episode you saw?

[@daelen.cclark]

Ooh, another “quick look at...”, I missed those.

[@Shadethewolfy]

My favorite episode was the one where the guy underwent an operation to get 9 lives like a cat. "Dig that Cat... He's Real Gone". It was really good.

[@robertgautreau4573]

To bad he forgot about the cat dying

[@Shadethewolfy]

@@robertgautreau4573 Mhm

[@UTubeSponge5601]

This may sound strange to everyone, but my #1 episode is “Lower Berth”. It’s not the scariest, bloodiest, not the happiest of endings, but it does beg the question at the ending: were all these stories in that universe real? Or were they stories the Cryptkeeper heard from before and made them into more funnier and more frightening to live up to his poor family’s legacy? Makes you think when it comes to horror, doesn’t it?

[@gifctdotorgthought-police3706]

It's supposed to be a crypt keeper origin story, but nice philosophical approach.

[@UTubeSponge5601]

Nicholas Grant Thank you.

[@snatchadams69]

I remember that one too

[@becuaseimbored3481]

Is it the last episode?

[@UTubeSponge5601]

Becuase Im bored Toni Actually, no. It’s a Season 2 episode.

[@davidrust3169]

You picked two of my favorites as well including your Number 1 choice! You have excellent taste, my good sir! :) I *almost* expected to see "Demon Knight" in your list but, yeah, that wouldn't have been an "episode" and (at least to my knowledge) wouldn't have been based on any of the original EC Comics. I'm not sure about that last supposition, though, as I can't recall who wrote it. Only that it starred an amazing Jada Pinkett (before she got famous and married Will Smith) and a truly memorable performance by Billy Zane. Oh, yeah, and the amazing "Amanda-Waller-to-be", CCH Pounder with her immortal line, "No, this is me giving you the finger."

[@alzoruledura7416]

There's also the animated spinoff "Tales from the cryptkeeper," which while a bit more kid friendly is still very hokey and fun with a few genuinely creepy ideas. Very good for getting into halloween spirit

[@somik-i3x]

I totally remember that.

[@JohnSmith-fq7hj]

yeah they dont make cartoons likr that anymore not that it was a very good show but everything today is so pc and watered down

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@JohnSmith-fq7hj It was a fantastic show.

[@animefan25]

There was also a kid's game show called Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House

[@BATCHARRO]

Cristopher Reeves and Judd Nelson together...man I wish Steel had had Superman in it.

[@TF2Fan101]

So Superman and Rodimus Prime start up a restaurant together...

[@daelen.cclark]

TF2Fan101 Sounds like a fanfic.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

captain Rockatron It probably already is....

[@ellnats]

i was afraid someone would make that connection

[@denniskumabe734]

That one. Meatloaf was the first one.

[@mattpurvis927]

"It felt like the Goonies"...and it included one if them. Surprised you didn't mention that. Lol. I do like the video though - and I've been watching a lot of "Tales from the Crypt" lately. Most of these I've seen...but not all - so thanks for the suggestions.

[@kenzopo8125]

I Said the Same Thing!! It's the kid from Indiana Jones too!!

[@TF2Fan101]

@@kenzopo8125Short Round?

[@OmegaX9]

No joke, I actually got locked inside a library when I was a kid. It’s just as creepy and unsettling as Linkara said.

[@sapphirejones4765]

i got accidentally locked inside a church once..terrifying

[@TannerWilliam07]

How did you guys get out?

[@OmegaX9]

Tanner William The doors were only locked to the outside. I raced to the door, opened it and bolted home

[@prindy1429]

Isn't the guy who lives in your closet all year expect during october suppose to cover this

[@UTubeSponge5601]

Maybe he’d make his OWN list... (with the Cryptkeeper’s voice actor so they can play on words with each other)

[@thelionbenc]

My favorite episode is the one where Harry Anderson is a comic book artist that has his drawings come to life. It is great and always makes me laugh.

[@animefan25]

You mean "Korman's Kalamity", right?

[@thelionbenc]

@@animefan25 Yep. I love that episode.

[@josephsawyer3982]

That's is a good episode

[@xxxxxbriansanchezyyy]

That's my favorite as well.

[@waxoftriple9]

My favorite as well.

[@noahmagana137]

My favorite episodes are dig that cat he’s really gone, the ventriloquists dummy, abra cadaver, strung along, forever ambergris, revenge is the nuts, the third pig and yellow is the best non horror episode. Only skin deep is one that actually scared me

[@KonElKent]

"I love winter horror and there isn't enough of it..." Makes Winter of 83. Checks out.

[@JebWCManning]

I gotta admit this list takes me by surprise. There's good episodes here that I don't think would end up on many other's lists. Kudos for having a pretty interesting taste in episodes. It's pretty cool to hear your opinion.

[@Joshua-vw3wv]

You mentioned a few episodes that might be precursors of "Found Footage", I agree but I then some jackasses always says something about Cannibal Holocaust. Today I am the jackass!

[@randalgraves6979]

I watched it on Fox in the 90s. I didn’t know about the nudity until I bought the dvds. Also met John Kassir. He was awesome. 😎

[@jeanandre6998]

Randal Graves me too. Right after Mad TV. It was heavily censored, never knew about the gore and nudity until I bought the collector’s DVD

[@ellnats]

i cant believe you met the first voice of deadpool, im jealous

[@GoodSteve123]

Television Terror is definitely my favorite of the series. I could still remember the creepy intro and outro music from when I saw it as a kid, when I watched it again recently. So good.

[@CatLives9]

"Three's a Crowd" and "Split Second" both had really messed up, morally corrupt endings.

[@splvshlife]

Three's a Crowd is probably the most disturbing episode.

[@Entertainmentfanatic84]

Night Talk actually split personality with Joe Pesci is the most disturbing

[@Entertainmentfanatic84]

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[@nessadvantage9447]

@@splvshlife I agree with you. It's my top tales from the crypt episode just cause of how real it felt

[@animeotaku307]

I think my favorite has to be "'Til Death." The way the woman looks as she rots is genuinely creepy (though her acting is humorous) and the ending is proof that some things are worse than death.

[@KitsuneRokaku]

I remember watching this as a little kid with my family and always covering my eyes during the intro. The Cryptkeeper popping out of the coffin always scared me as a kid. Now, the intro kicks ass and I understand it's a puppet, appreciating his cheesy one liners. Glad you finally made this video

[@vtmarik]

My favorite episode is King of the Road. One of Brad Pitt's earliest roles, he is simultaneously awesome and chilling in this. The story is classic Crypt stuff and the episode's music is all by Warren Zevon. Such a great episode.

[@JoshuaWebbYT]

3:43 ok, why does this guy look like Brendan Fraser cosplaying as John Travolta from Pulp Fiction?

[@redash22]

omg yeah! he looked so familiar to me but i couldn't pinpoint where i've seen him!

[@JoshuaWebbYT]

@@redash22 I just found out that it's actually Stephen Shellen. And I guess the lightning made him look different.

[@chrissymayhew6059]

Lol or Dark Fabio

[@GenAqua]

Funnily enough, in the "Undertaker Pallor" the kid who played Data in The Goonies was in that episode.

[@jackofallclaws6672]

I’m surprised that Yellow wasn’t on the list

[@josephsawyer3982]

Yellow definitely should have been on the list

[@seannanana84]

Yellow is so good!!

[@vovin8132]

Yellow is a masterpiece.

[@jorgevaldez9257]

Agreed!!

[@ryandowney8743]

'The Ventriloquist's Dummy' has Don Rickles giving a great performance. 'For Cryin' Out Loud' has Sam Kinison as a guy's inner conscience voice tormenting him.

[@smallzabe]

as soon as i saw the ferris beuller principle I thought those kids really dont want to be in his basement

[@MikeMixtapeMM]

Wow. 'Mute Witness to Murder' is almost like The Invisible Man (2020). I just watched the film today and I pop this video on, I was like "Why does that sound familiar?"

[@utubepunk]

@@FrenchPaul1988 Yes, if you don't watch the trailer. So if you plan on watching it, do not watch the trailer.

[@nickford3328]

About same list I loved “king of the road” starring Brad Pitt also the one with guy who was born in different generations and switch lives. #whovian 👨‍🎤

[@woady_one]

My favorites in no order: only skin deep , oils well that ends well, people who live in brass hearses, death of some salesman, split personality, maniac at large, what's cooking, split second, easel kill ya, the reluctant vampire, top billing, loved to death, the ventriloquist dummy, cutting cards, the switch, dig that cat... He's real gone.

[@jeanandre6998]

Woady One you have great taste. Those are all my faves lollll

[@vendettaknight104]

Unpopular opinion, but I really love Korman's Kalamity. It's gory, funny, and has a nice ending.

[@shadowlinkbds]

Oh yeah. I really love this series and they are so many gory, scary, gruesome, and entertaining episodes from tales from the crypt. Not to mention it has an amazing intro with a memorable host.

[@jeremybowen5977]

I enjoyed William Sadler in Demon Knight

[@animefan25]

Sadler appeared in another episode of Tales From the Crypt as Death i.e. the one from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

[@austinskywalker92]

Very unexpected to see this on the last day of February but I ain't complaining. Hopefully we will see more tales from the crypt stuff down the line after this video. A long shot but hey, I don't find any epsiode countdowns of this series here so this was a rare treat.

[@captaintaco979]

I love how you mention the goonies. But failed to mention the actor that Played Data is one of the kids in the episode lol.

[@joelgordon7814]

I was expecting “Yellow “ to be somewhere in this.

[@randallflagg3700]

Still my favorite to this day, tied with *"Cutting Cards"* ... both these episodes star Lance Henriksen in great performances... And indeed I also expected *"Yellow"* to be number one, as it often is with these kinds of lists. Linkara must have tried to pick more than just the most famous ones & the usual classics... He is also surprisingly "forgiving" toward season 7, the season that everyone seems to hate ^^ (it's also my least favorite one...)

[@Popcultureguy3000]

Randall Flagg Season 7 probably would have been better received if more episodes tried a pulpy approach like the one on this list to mitigate the much drier humor. Either that or do episodes that are horror versions of “The Full Monty”, in it’s humor and tone. Heck, they should have riffed *every* British/UK sub-genre from Agatha Christie style cozy mysteries (imagine a EC comics vampire story reimagined to be accusing parlor mystery with the vamps being killed off one-by-one in a secluded villa by one of the vampires playing innocent), to Victorian era gothic horror complete with fantastic period sets and clothing.

[@joelgordon7814]

That, and the one episode with Joe Pesci.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

Joel Gordon You mean the episode Split Personality?

[@joelgordon7814]

Popcultureguy3000 yeah

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

Linkara: Haunted houses are fun! *Oh Hai "A Voice From the Dark.* Also, Horror in the Night reminds me of an episode of Angel.

[@TF2Fan101]

Linkara: *Has flashbacks to Scarsdale Manor*

[@gamestation2690]

"Comes the Dawn" stars two actors who were both villains in the Highlander movie series.

[@jakeshuster9165]

Katana and Jacob kel

[@multitudeofidols]

Sadly, neither are from the good one.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

GameStation3 Were you constantly expecting them to suddenly draw swords on each other and shout “ *THERE* *CAN* *ONLY* *BE* *ONE* “?

[@christopherwall2121]

@@multitudeofidols there is an episode starring Clancy Brown, thankfully.

[@CBSmith-js9yl]

And All Through The House is my Christmas tradition that my friends put up with.

[@5150crazyfun]

What I loved about Tales from the crypt was each episode had some dark karmic justice in them. Whether it's the executioner being executed, or the salesman being out played, the mother killing her husband only to be killed by an evil Santa. Or the janitor serving human steaks and becoming one himself. It's super hard to pick just 15 episodes because while yes it was a bit cheesy, the stories were actually told pretty well and had so many great actors in them. Such a groundbreaking show because for a mainstream show it had so much nudity, language and gore which in the late 80s and 90s was a bit more rare. Especially for a show that targeted not only adults but clearly kids too. The real test of time is how fondly the show is remembered.